title: Local control of blood flow.
abstract: Organ blood flow is determined by perfusion pressure and vasomotor tone in the resistance vessels of the organ. Local factors that regulate vasomotor tone include myogenic and metabolic autoregulation, flow-mediated and conducted responses, and vasoactive substances released from red blood cells. The relative importance of each of these factors varies over time, from tissue to tissue, and among vessel generations.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53295, USA. pcliff@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Clifford
mesh_terms: D001775:Blood Circulation; D006801:Humans; D012039:Regional Blood Flow